Hi I am Sausage, I am new around here.
Wanted a car under 4k and the only cars in the 3-4k bracket that stood out for me were the Grande Punto's due to the look. Corsa's and 206's didn't do it for me.
Paid £3600. The Car: Red, 32,000 miles, 1.4L Active Sport, half a tank of petrol, good condition although has a few small scratches and had some major scratches on the wing mirrors which I have now painted, MOT not until March 2013 and tax to be renewed in September. Purchased as standard (no modifications).
I am looking to improve the cars sporty look.
Wheels: This is the main thing I want to change, having much sexier, large rimmed wheels will make this car so much better and sportier looking. Looking at getting some 17" rims like these: https://www.stxstyling.co.uk/StxStyling/Cars/showit.php?pnum=10766 £389 with tyres! I almost purchased the same alloys with economy tyres for about £600 from a different website but luckily they were out of stock and then I came across that site. Looks like I have saved myself £200...just waiting for them to confirm they have them in stock first.
Badges: I quite like the 'Punto' badge at the back its a nicely designed sporty looking badge and I think the back of the Punto's I have seen with it taking off look a bit bare.
As for the 'Fiat' badge at the back...if I can get a snazzier badge that is a suitable size to replace it then thats what I'll do, any badges out their with an abarth scorpion on them without the 'abarth' text? What do ppl think of adding abarth branded items to non-abarth Grande Punto?
Car Mats: Maybe some matching red car mats?
Front Grill: I was thinking of getting a de-badged grill but from what I have seen I think the car actually looks better with the badge :S, not so sure.
Vinyl/Stickers: I have seen some Abarth Scorpion stickers which you can put on your wing mirrors which look pretty cool. I also like the stripe that some Grande Punto's have down the lower sides of the car.
Wing Mirrors: I have also noticed that some Grande Punto's have a different coloured wing mirror, white versions have red wing mirrors and red versions have white wing mirrors. This looks like a nice easy change which makes the car stand out. Any idea how much the wing mirror casings cost?
Thats all I can thing of for now, here are some photos of my machine:
These are the alloys I am thinking of getting, photoshopped onto my car:
Wanted a car under 4k and the only cars in the 3-4k bracket that stood out for me were the Grande Punto's due to the look. Corsa's and 206's didn't do it for me.
Paid £3600. The Car: Red, 32,000 miles, 1.4L Active Sport, half a tank of petrol, good condition although has a few small scratches and had some major scratches on the wing mirrors which I have now painted, MOT not until March 2013 and tax to be renewed in September. Purchased as standard (no modifications).
I am looking to improve the cars sporty look.
Wheels: This is the main thing I want to change, having much sexier, large rimmed wheels will make this car so much better and sportier looking. Looking at getting some 17" rims like these: https://www.stxstyling.co.uk/StxStyling/Cars/showit.php?pnum=10766 £389 with tyres! I almost purchased the same alloys with economy tyres for about £600 from a different website but luckily they were out of stock and then I came across that site. Looks like I have saved myself £200...just waiting for them to confirm they have them in stock first.
Badges: I quite like the 'Punto' badge at the back its a nicely designed sporty looking badge and I think the back of the Punto's I have seen with it taking off look a bit bare.
As for the 'Fiat' badge at the back...if I can get a snazzier badge that is a suitable size to replace it then thats what I'll do, any badges out their with an abarth scorpion on them without the 'abarth' text? What do ppl think of adding abarth branded items to non-abarth Grande Punto?
Car Mats: Maybe some matching red car mats?
Front Grill: I was thinking of getting a de-badged grill but from what I have seen I think the car actually looks better with the badge :S, not so sure.
Vinyl/Stickers: I have seen some Abarth Scorpion stickers which you can put on your wing mirrors which look pretty cool. I also like the stripe that some Grande Punto's have down the lower sides of the car.
Wing Mirrors: I have also noticed that some Grande Punto's have a different coloured wing mirror, white versions have red wing mirrors and red versions have white wing mirrors. This looks like a nice easy change which makes the car stand out. Any idea how much the wing mirror casings cost?
Thats all I can thing of for now, here are some photos of my machine:
These are the alloys I am thinking of getting, photoshopped onto my car: